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Thomas Foley: “What I noticed was that the leadership of all the countries took extremely seriously this visit because of the fact that…”

On the recordApril 10, 1997
What I noticed was that the leadership of all the countries took extremely seriously this visit because of the fact that the leadership of Congress had taken time out to visit them and discuss the issues that face us. One issue we raised on behalf of the environment was Taiwan has contemplated sending its nuclear waste to North Korea. North Korea is in desperate need of financial assistance, if you will, to prop up their rogue regime. Seventy million is the number that is bandied about that they will receive in order to accept nuclear waste. What assurances do we have that that nuclear waste, once brought to North Korea, will be properly disposed of? None.…
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Thomas Foley
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Discussing the implications of Taiwan potentially sending nuclear waste to North Korea.

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